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Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD

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Ms. Bruno's engaging keynotes and workshops delight organizations with a mission for the greater good.

SHolly Elissa Brunohe designs and delivers original programs on team building, emotional intelligence (EQ), resolving conflict, legal and ethical issues, multicultural "family friendly" practices, resilient leadership and managing power dynamics among women at work. Certified to use both Myers-Briggs (MBTI) and Birkman leadership inventories, she is consistently evaluated as a presenter "with an uplifting sense of humor" who"inspires and transforms".

Holly Elissa, an alumna of Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management, was selected outstanding professor at the University of Maine-Augusta. She served as Academic Dean at that campus, Assistant Dean at University of Maine Law School, and Strategic Planner for the University of Maine system. As adjunct faculty at Wheelock College and Quinsigamond Community College, she teaches management and communication.

Having practiced as an attorney, Ms. Bruno specializes in personnel law including hiring, firing, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when training managerial and staff teams. She is a former Assistant Attorney General for the state of Maine and senior manager, in-house counsel at Copyright Clearance Center in Massachusetts.

Ms. Bruno heads BRUNO DURATURO Consulting, in the Boston area. Clients have included Headstart, Families and Work Institute, Bright Horizons, World Bank, John Hancock, Frank Porter Graham Center (UNC), Wellesley College, Boston's Inner city Director's Network, WV Department of Education, the Cherokee Nation and numerous non- profit organizations.
Holly Elissa and her daughter Lily
Her keynotes and workshops have inspired audiences from Budapest to Albuquerque, Orlando to Chicago, Washington, DC, to Oklahoma City. She is an invited speaker at annual conferences including: NAEYC, NAEYC Professional Development Institute, National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), Smart Start, Region IV Headstart, NCCA (National Childcare Association) and National Louis University's Leadership Connections Conference.

Holly Elissa earned her BA (English) from Douglass College of Rutgers University, MA (English and Education) from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and JD from the University of Maine School of Law.

She has published several articles on leadership in competitive national journals, Leadership QUEST and Childcare Information Exchange. Topics range from managing change, caring for the caregiver, legal and ethical issues, internal customer service, decision-making, staff motivation, to countering organizational gossip and negativity.

Holly and her nieces

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Holly Elissa Bruno, author, teacher and keynote speaker in early childhood education leadership, describes herself as a "recovering" attorney. As an attorney, Holly Elissa served as assistant attorney general for the state of Maine, in the criminal law division. She was selected "outstanding professor" at the University of Maine-Augusta, where she also served as Dean of Faculty. Holly Elissa's articles have been published in "Child Care Exchange", NAEYC's Young Children, The Southern Early Educational Journal, and NCCCC's "Visions" Journal. Her keynotes have delighted audiences from Budapest to Milwaukee, and Boston to Tampa. She teaches management courses for Wheelock College, and has been a featured speaker at the NAEYC annual conference, NCAA, NBCDI, NAACP, Smartstart, Headstart, and numerous state and regional conferences. Her early childhood leadership and administration textbook, based on emotional intelligence research, theory and practice, will be published by Mcgraw-Hill in time for the fall 2008 semester.

Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, has delighted audiences from Budapest to Milwaukee, Atlanta to LA, with her keynotes and featured workshops on leadership. Her articles appear in "Childcare Exchange"; the most recent (Sept/Oct. '05) was "At the End of the Day: Legal and Ethical Issues at Release Time." Her published research on child care leaders nationally has provided us with valuable information; e.g. 80% of us are "conflict avoidant." A recovering attorney, Holly Elissa never leaves home without her sense of humor.

Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, has taught the "human side of management" course in a wide variety of states and cultures across the country. She is well known as a featured speaker at NAEYC Annual Conferences and as a keynoter who has presented from Budapest to Milwaukee. Her articles appear in "Childcare Exchange." As a recovering attorney, Holly Elissa focuses on personnel and human rights law. Holly believes that working with adults is as much fun and as inspirational as working with children.

Holly Elissa BrunoHolly Elissa Bruno teaches early childhood management courses for Wheelock College. She travels the country speaking to early childhood audiences as President of Bruno Duraturo Keynotes and Consulting. Child Care Exchange and Young Children Journals have selected her articles for publication. Holly Elissa served as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maine, and Dean of Faculty at the University of Maine-Augusta.

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35 Gates Road,
Sterling, MA 01564
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